Example sentences of "why it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naipaul 's readers could well have become inclined to ask why it is that his novels seem to say that there is nothing to be done in , or with , the countries of their concern . |
| 2 | That is why it is important to work at night , he wrote . |
| 3 | Why it is the colour of the moon and made in the light of the moon . |
| 4 | Why it wo n't get going . |
| 5 | That is why it had to be big . |
| 6 | That is why it needs to be transparent , I said . |
| 7 | But , you know , there may be many other reasons why it is important for him to get to the top so quickly . |
| 8 | That 's why it 's so difficult to get rid of them . |
| 9 | It explains why it is important that you are protected against it . |
| 10 | If research can be done in Holland and the USA , I do n't see why it should n't be done in Britain , except I suspect that some British police forces are just hostile to outsiders . |
| 11 | Jay could n't remember why it had been so important to see her . |
| 12 | I have often wondered why it should be such a primitive machine in spite of all its modern gadgets . |
| 13 | Whilst a prospective burglar might fumbling with the clock and wondering why it wo n't lift , his movement will have activated the pressure pad which controls an audible alarm giving out 85dbs . |
| 14 | It is no good you being a couch potato and having a Dobermann , only to wonder why it seems so frustrated with its existence . |
| 15 | ‘ Also , if you allow the dog to sit on your settee , then replace that settee with a new one you do n't want the dog to sit on , you must not expect it to suddenly understand why it can not sit there . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It can be a very lonely job , for both man and dog , which is why it involves such a special relationship , ’ Keith explained . |
| 17 | It remains to show why genuine criticism is not at home in the academy ; or , more precisely , why it is irreconcilable with pedagogic practice . |
| 18 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 19 | Pearce v Foster indicated why it was that if the original affidavit or a copy made by the employee had been sent to the solicitors , that would not have been privileged from disclosure by the first and second defendants , although sent to the solicitors for the purpose of advising them on their position against the employee . |
| 20 | Payment of the community charge is compulsory , which is why it is more accurately characterised as a tax than a charge . |
| 21 | I 've no idea whether Europe is going to work , no one has , and I can think of huge historical reasons why it wo n't . |
| 22 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 23 | One of the reasons why it might have been felt necessary in the field-worker 's presence to define the neighbourhood role as primarily crime control is because , like community relations , the Neighbourhood Unit is aware that the section police see them as having an easy duty . |
| 24 | why it is needed |
| 25 | Ramsey did not see why it should not have a wider interest as in Henson 's day . |
| 26 | Indeed , one of the reasons why it is superior is the much higher ratio of carers to cared-for , not forgetting the greater administrative cost of organising the one than the other . |
| 27 | I think that is why it has so many cinema fans and why the best cinema creators in Spain come from there . |
| 28 | Such ambivalence often figures within transgressive reinscription , and is one reason why it rarely approximates to a straightforwardly ‘ correct ’ political attitude . |
| 29 | I would find it very hard to follow gut feel if I could not put forward arguments on two sides of a sheet of paper as to why it was the right decision . |
| 30 | I do n't know why it is always me that has to be singled out . ’ |